Tewari meets Piyush Goyal for Balachaur rail link
Friday, 28/06/2019
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Jalandhar : Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari on Thursday met the Union Minister for railways Piyush Goyal urging him to bring Balachaur on the railway map of the country. Tewari, brought to Goyal’s attention the fact that even after 72 years of independence, an important town like Balachaur had not been connected with a rail line. The MP told the minister that there were three ways by which Balachaur can be linked with the railway line. He suggested that a rail link can be constructed between Garhshankar and Anandpur Sahib, which has already been surveyed by the railways. Another way, he suggested, was to construct a rail link from Rahon to Ropar and the third way was by constructing a rail link from Rahon to Samrala which has also been surveyed by the railways. Tewari said, given the fact that Punjab was a border state, the rail linkages were very important not only for connecting people, but also in the larger cause of the strategic preparedness of the country. The MP said, the minister was kind enough to assure him appropriate action at the earliest, so that Balachaur is brought on the railway map of the country. Tewari has listed it as one of his top most priorities to connect Balachaur with rail link.
